Table 1.

The nine Mediterranean diet components by tertile of Mediterranean diet score in the WACS Cognitive Cohort (n=2504)

	Mediterranean diet score
Age-adjusted mean or percentage	Low [0–3] n=889	Middle [4–5] n=1012	High [6–9] n=603	p-value*
Monounsaturated / saturated fat ratio	1.0	1.1	1.2	<0.001
Vegetable (serving/day)	2.6	3.8	4.7	<0.001
Fruit (serving/day)	1.9	2.5	3.0	<0.001
Legumes (serving/day)	0.3	0.5	0.6	<0.001
Fish (serving/day)	0.2	0.3	0.3	<0.001
Grain (serving/day)	1.5	2.0	2.3	<0.001
Meat (serving/day)	1.3	1.2	1.0	<0.001
Dairy (serving/day)	4.0	3.1	2.3	<0.001
Alcohol intake (% consumers 5–25g/day)	9%	17%	30%	<0.001

^*From chi-squared tests or analysis of variance depending on the type of variable (categorical or continuous)